Variable | Group | Diazepam (15 927 individuals) | Oxazepam (3820 individuals) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not reached level 2 (15 073), n (%a) | Reached level 2 (854), n (%) | Not reached level 2 (3496), n (%) | Reached level 2, (324)n (%) | ||
Sex | Male | 5582 (37.0) | 416 (48.7) | 1463 (41.8) | 166 (51.2) |
Female | 9491 (63.0) | 438 (51.3) | 2033 (58.2) | 158 (48.8) | |
Average age, years | 45.43 | 46.81 | 45.06 | 47.50 | |
Previously used | Antidepressants and lithium | 2778 (18.4) | 307 (35.9) | 907 (25.9) | 116 (35.8) |
Antipsychotics | 721 (4.8) | 127 (14.9) | 287 (8.2) | 61 (18.8) | |
Opioids, anti-alcohol, and smoking cessation drugs | 63 (0.4) | 26 (3.0) | 40 (1.1) | 26 (8.0) | |
Drugs for cardiac diseases | 3284 (21.8) | 183 (21.4) | 809 (23.1) | 61 (18.8) | |
Drugs for rheumatic diseases | 789 (5.2) | 63 (7.4) | 177 (5.1) | 20 (6.2) | |
Drugs for COPD | 1522 (10.1) | 126 (14.8) | 367 (10.5) | 44 (13.6) | |
Specialty of first prescriber | GP | 13 753 (91.2) | 790 (92.5) | 3047 (87.2) | 271 (83.6) |
Internist | 462 (3.1) | 18 (2.1) | 145 (4.1) | 12 (3.7) | |
Surgeon | 325 (2.2) | 14 (1.6) | 71 (2.0) | 9 (2.8) | |
Psychiatrist | 296 (2) | 21 (2.5) | 179 (5.1) | 22 (6.8) | |
Other | 237 (1.6) | 11 (1.3) | 54 (1.5) | 10 (3.1) | |
Vocational rehabilitation | 1307 (8.7) | 132 (15.5) | 394 (11.2) | 49 (15.1) | |
Education | Low | 4565 (30.3) | 416 (48.7) | 1151(32.9) | 160 (49.4) |
High | 10 508 (69.7) | 438 (51.3) | 2345 (67.1) | 164 (50.6) | |
Income | Low | 5445 (36.1) | 498 (58.3) | 1459 (41.7) | 198 (61.1) |
Average | 6402 (42.5) | 261 (30.6) | 1353 (38.7) | 90 (27.8) | |
High | 3226 (21.4) | 95 (11.1) | 684 (19.6) | 36 (11.1) | |
Type of work | Not registered | 4260 (28.3) | 456 (53.4) | 1225 (35.0) | 185 (57.1) |
Private sector | 5138 (34.1) | 171 (20.0) | 1022 (29.2) | 58 (17.9) | |
Public sector | 5675 (37.7) | 227 (26.6) | 1249 (35.8) | 81 (25) |
↵a Percentage starting on diazepam and oxazepam. COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.